CJ appears before PSC for second time:

Apparently, a challenging day for her...

Chief Justice Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake appeared before the Parliamentary Select Committee hearing the Impeachment Motion against her yesterday to make her submissions and it is rumoured that several challenging and damning facts have been disclosed during yesterday’s hearings.

Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa presided at the eleven member PSC which included seven members from the government side and four members from the opposition.

At this hearing the Chief Justice made written submissions and the answers given by her for oral questions raised are expected to be the subject matter for much controversy in the future.

Reports said the Chief Justice had to reveal certain hitherto undisclosed and unknown facts in addition to the financial transactions which formed the basis of the impeachment motion against her. A spokesman describing yesterday’s PSC hearings said it achieved a satisfactory level of progress which would deprive any party the opportunity to challenge the role of the PSC appointed to safeguard the supremacy of democracy in this country and the transparency of its legal framework in future.